I don’t think so, but that’s a good point. I wonder if they’re passed down through family lines, or just random. Maybe they’re sex-linked traits, too. Have we seen any parent/adult child combos yet, maybe in the settlement? The closest I can think of is Benny, and his are still developing. The spots on his cheekbones could stay as spots like his mom’s, or turn into large curved triangles like his dad’s, or go in a completely different direction entirely.

Maybe we’ll get lucky and Monday’s update will answer all our marking-related questions!

This has got to be kind of awkward for Selkie. While the others are being thrust into human culture, she’s being thrust into Sarnothi culture, and the expectations are probably higher for her since it’s her heritage, so she “should” already know this stuff. :/

yeah, it never occured to me, but selkie is in a kind of shi#y position – while she´s an expert in human culture, she looks too alien to blend in, yet she clearly lacks the necessary knowledge to fit in among her own kind. she´s basically stuck in the middle ;-(

Sadly, yes. In US culture it generally does mean exactly that. “Generally” because I’m sure there are exceptions, and I know anecdotal evidence is worthless but this has been my observation over the years.

I know enough about geewun to know that the most important thing.
We didn’t have these problems in Beast Wars, see.. Just as long as you didn’t get confused about the Silverbolt that was part of Magnaboss and the other Silverbolt who was a bird dog.

…in other words, to a Sarnothi kid, they’re scary ghost-fish monsters of legend.

Human meaning of Frenzy (I had to google it because I am not the right age to know, but Dave has now provided references), which is what Selkie is talking about: Frenzy is the name of one of the Transformers, of a particular variety known as casseticons. Selkie herself is not into Transformers at all and doesn’t get who or what Frenzy is, but her Aunt Marta is a big fan, and she’s overheard her talking enthusiastically about that name.

The Frenzy that Te Fahn speaks of is the sarnothi equivalent of the Devil.

The Frenzy that Selkie is referring to is a Transformer. In the video clip he’s the smaller red and black one that leaps out of the chest cavity of the taller blue one (Soundwave). “Casetty-Can” is a (deliberate on my part” mispronunciation of Casseticon, whch is a type pf Transformer from the 1980s version that transforms into a reel-to-reel audio cassette tape and serves as a minion of a larger Transformer who themself transforms into a portable stereo/cassette player.